The Penguin book of love poetry,

by Jon (edit). Stallworthy

Stallworthy, Jon ed. The Penguin Book of Love Poetry. First Edition. London, Penguin, 1973. Octavo. 399 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector's Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. A review from the Times Literary Supplement and a poem by Georg P. Elliott are loosely inserted. Jon (Howie) Stallworthy (18 January 1935 – 19 November 2014) FBA FRSL was Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Oxford. He was also a Fellow (and was twice Acting President) of Wolfson College, a poet, and a literary critic. From 1977 to 1986, he was the John Wendell Anderson Professor of English at Cornell. Stallworthy wrote a short summary of war poetry in the introductory chapter to the Oxford Book of War Poetry (Edited by Jon Stallworthy, Oxford University Press, 1984), as well as editing several anthologies of war poetry and writing a biography of Wilfred Owen. In 2010 he received the Wilfred Owen Poetry Award from the Wilfred Owen Association. In the course of his literary career, he became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and the British Academy. (Wikipedia).

Genres: Poetry

399 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1973

Reviews

[Mia Frew · Rating 4 out of 5]

the hottest thing a man can be is overcome with longing. just wrecked with yearning. pining his little heart away

[Alex Dietrich · Rating 5 out of 5]

what a delightful collection of poetry!
Stallworthy does a remarkable job in assembling such thoughtful anthologies! as someone who is still relatively new to poetry, i find collections like these incredibly helpful. ranging from Sappho to Cope, i have discovered numerous favourite poets.
it never fails to baffle me when something written by a Duke in the 17th century can bring me to tears today. love is humanity, love is ubiquitous; it is the most wonderful thing in the world, but it is also cruel. these poems reach the very essence of humanity, and i am grateful and humbled to have experienced this!

[Reza Kristijana · Rating 3 out of 5]

i take yearning very seriously

[Tara Martin · Rating 5 out of 5]

‘A pity. We were such a good invention’ - Yehuda Amichai

“A pity. We were such a good and loving invention. An aeroplane made from a man and wife. Wings and everything. We hovered a little above the earth. We even flew a little.”


I wept.❤️‍🩹

[⭐Andreas⭐ · Rating 3 out of 5]

Yeats and Cummings made the hottest poems ever can't change my mind

[Leah Brine · Rating 3 out of 5]

Classic collection of love poetry